For ALL mamas to be! A day to completely nourish and love your beautiful self and connect with your growing baby...
All the tools you could wish for, to help you relax into pregnancy, comforted, well-informed and excited for what is to come...
PRE-NATAL YOGA // RELAXATION // REIKI // REFLEXOLOGY // POSITIVE BIRTH // HYPNOBIRTHING // INFORMATIVE DISCUSSIONS // JOURNALING // NURTURING & DELICIOUS FOOD ALL DAY
GUIDANCE FROM SOME OF HAWKES BAY'S BEST PRE-NATAL EXPERTS:
Sarah Beale - Pregnancy Yoga
Bernadette Nolan- Holistic Pelvic Floor Health
Di Reefman- Positive Birth & bodywork
Nicki Lampon- Bay Hypnobirthing & Reflexology
Elizabeth Dunn- Experienced Hawkes Bay Midwife
PHEWFF! We are truly blessed to have all of these inspiring women under the same roof in one day together!
The day will flow with plenty of time for rest and breaks and trips to the loo! Be comfortable and relaxed.
Schedule for the day (this may change due to the needs of the group on the day):
9-9.30: Welcome circle
9.30-10.30: Relaxing Pre-natal Yoga with Reiki
10.30-11: Break with snacks, tea & coffee
11-12: Pregnancy, Labour, Birth & Post-natal Q & A with Midwife Elizabeth Dunn
12-1pm: Holistic Pelvic Health Wisdom with Bernadatte
1pm-3pm: Lunch Break (fully catered)
and Personal Reflexology sessions with Nicki
3pm-4pm: Positive Birth Session with Di Reefman
4pm-5pm: Hypnobirthing & Relaxation Session with Nicki
5.00pm-5.30pm: Closing Circle
Come and be pampered!
What is included in your magical day:
-All workshops and sessions
-Expert advice & information from a group of amazing facilitators
-Plant-based delicious lunch, snacks, tea and treats throughout the day
-Goodie bag and surprises
Investment:
Earlybird $177 (booked and paid for by until 8th March)
Standard $199 (from 9th March)
This is fully refundable in case of an Alert level rise.
To book email Sarah: hello@wellnesssanctuary.co.nz
Payment can be made to Sarah Beale: 12-3449-0169280-01
Who is this day Retreat for?
All Pregnant Women at any stage of pregnancy right from day one. You'll be safe in the hands of experienced practitioners and completely nurtured. If you think you may be pregnant or are trying to get pregnant, this retreat day will also be very beneficial for you!
What if I've never done yoga before? That's no problem! The yoga is very gentle and suitable for complete beginners!
What other participants have said about this experience:
"Brilliant Day. I feel grateful and pleased I could be part of that. With lovely professional ladies and beautiful mamas to be, and thank you for the beautiful food."-Lucy
"Amazing Day! I feel it helped me be much more prepared and informed for my birth and how to care for myself post birth." -Lisa
"I went home after our Mama Goddess day last Saturday feeling really good and positive about my upcoming birth. We had the full moon, delicious food, surrounded by beautiful mamas and wellness experts, it really was great. So great so that I went into labour at 3am the next day and gave birth to my healthy baby girl on Sunday evening!! Three weeks early but she is perfect, the labour and birth went really well and we are all totally over the moon - Mckay
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATORS:
Sarah Beale: Sarah is a qualified Pre & Post Natal Yoga Teacher, having trained with Dr Pooja Maddela. She is the director of the Wellness Sanctuary Yoga Space. She has a beautiful baby boy and since having a home birth and experiencing the magic of birth, she feels that it's important to offer Mamas to be as much inspiring and positive information as possible to prepare them for a happy, healthy transition into motherhood. She will be guiding a restorative Pre-natal Yoga session with Reiki healing on this day and holding space for us all to connect.
Bernadette Nolan:
Bernadette Nolan is a Holistic Pelvic Health & Women’s Physiotherapist.
Bernadette has trained extensively in the field of pelvic health, offering treatment in the form of physical, emotional and energetic healing methods to women at all stages of life. A huge component of Bernadette’s work is her skill of providing much more than just a physical approach to healing after Childbirth. Her unique approach empowers women to rebuild strength, regain control and restore their vitality.
Di Reefman:
Positive Birth and Bodywork
Di is an experienced birth and bodywork practitioner who began her training in NZ 34 years ago in NZ, continuing in the USA and UK and still now, embracing the Spinning Babies techniques for easier birth. She’s worked especially with mamas and babies, through both her Positive Birth classes and Positive Bodywork system, helping them to find their inner strength, true alignment and balance, for birth and life beyond.
Di will lead you through a Positive Birth session using yoga, breath and mind/body techniques that really make a difference to your birth. You will also experience her special massage touch during child’s pose.
Nicki Lampon:
Nicki Lampon is a fully qualified Hypnobirthing Childbirth Educator and Reflexologist. She trained in London and Auckland and loves to helps mums-to-be have amazing positive births.
Nicki will be using Hypnobirthing techniques to help you relax and release fear. She will also be talking about how to create a positive mindset for birth and how to use tools for relaxation. In between sessions Nicki will be providing 20 minute reflexology treatments to help ease common pregnancy issues such as backache and sciatica.
Elizabeth Dunn:
Liz has a New Zealand Bachelor Degree in Midwifery and has been a midwife for eleven years.
She is passionate about the physiology of labour and birth and aims to promote and protect normal birth. She believes birth is a normal yet significant time in a woman’s life. Liz will be offering a Question and Answer session for anything Pregnancy, labour, birth and post-natal.
About our gorgeous venue- The Wellness Sanctuary is close to central Napier yet tucked away like a cozy Bali Tree house. Visit www.wellnesssanctuary.co.nz for more info